Sunday, May 30, 2010
Jamaica Observer
Distant Relatives, the joint album by rapper Nas and deejay Damian Marley has out charted the Rolling Stones to secure the top 5 position on the Billboard 200 album chart whilst also topping the Hip Hop and Reggae album charts for its debut week.
The album recorded the fifth highest sales in the US according to this week's chart released yesterday by Billboard--regarded as the music bible. The album reportedly sold over 55,000 physical copies in its first week in the US however the Observer was unable to verify these statistics, up to print.
The only other debuting albums which bettered the Distant Relatives--released on Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings--in the US was Glee: The Music Volume at 1 and Brothers by The Black Keys at 3. Interestingly, the album outsold the legendary rock band Rolling Stones with Exile On Main Street: Rarities an album which debuted at 27. However it was unable to beat another related Stones album which re-entered the charts at 2 entitled Exile On Main Street after debuting 44 weeks ago. The Nas and Marley album out charted other debuting albums in the top 30 including Infinite Arms from Band of Horses at 7; This is Happening LCD Soundsystem at 10; The ArchAndroid: Suites II A...by Janelle Monae at 17; and Revolutions Per Minute by Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek Are Reflection Eternal at 18.
Meanwhile online on iTunes charts the album was charting at 4 in the US up to mid-day Thursday. Distant Relatives' highest charting position on iTunes has been number 2 behind Damian Marley's father Bob Marley which has a reissued Legend album according to Observer analysis. Last week the singles from the album secured top-10 spots in the US, UK, France, Germany and Canada on iTunes Reggae charts.
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